May 11, 2021 – Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana will become NASA’s next associate administrator. Newly appointed NASA Administrator Bill Nelson confirmed the appointment. “When Bill asked me, I couldn’t say no. I’m really looking forward to working with him in this new position along with Pam Melroy,” Cabana told FLORIDA TODAY, referring to… [Continue Reading]
May 4, 2021 – The space industry is a dynamic business, and starting in 2022 we will have yet another spacecraft that will come back to Earth at Cape Canaveral Spaceport’s Launch and Landing Facility (LLF). The LLF’s proximity to Kennedy Space Center and formal recognition as a designated return site for rapid recovery of… [Continue Reading]
April 29, 2021 – As part of NASA’s mission to return humans to the moon, the tallest flight component to ever launch from KSC has arrived in Florida. Boeing Space has delivered the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket cryogenic core stage to NASA in preparation for launch of the Artemis I mission, the first moon mission… [Continue Reading]
April 23, 2021 – The SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 4 astronauts on a NASA mission to the International Space Station, becoming the first crew ever propelled into orbit by a rocket booster recycled from a previous spaceflight. The U.S. returned to launching astronauts from American soil last May, nine years after the space shuttle program… [Continue Reading]
April 22, 2021 By Tom Wright When people think of Florida, three things usually come to mind: beaches, theme parks and space. All are incredibly important to the state economy, but only one will send the first woman and next man to the moon and beyond. Florida’s own Cape Canaveral is iconic in the aerospace… [Continue Reading]
April 20, 2021 – SpaceX and NASA are poised to send another crewed mission into space with Crew-2 set to fly to the International Space Station in the early hours on Thursday, April 22. The international veteran crew includes Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency, Akihiko Hoshide with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and… [Continue Reading]
April 16, 2021 – While other enterprises have retracted, private space industry has leaped forward. U.S. Labor Bureau of Statistics indicates significant space sector hiring increases, totaling more than 5000 employees added in 2020, with total private sector space employment now at 147,953 workers—the highest level since 2011, the year the Space Shuttle Program ended. … [Continue Reading]
Perseverance revs up. NASA’s newest rover took its first test drive on Martian soil on March 4, after its impressive landing on the red planet in February. “You can see the wheel tracks we left on Mars,” reported Anais Zarfian, Perseverance’s mobility test bed engineer. “I don’t think I’ve ever been happier to seen wheel… [Continue Reading]
It makes perfect sense that a Jr. and Sr. High School in Brevard County would be among the first in the nation to be a part of the inaugural cohort of high schools selected for the Space Force Junior Reserve Officer’s Training Corps. This is the Space Coast, after all. Congratulations, Space Coast Jr/Sr High… [Continue Reading]
February 17, 2021 – A new report by the Milken Institute that emphasizes jobs, wages and high-tech growth while factoring in housing costs and access to broadband internet ranks Titusville near the top of the list. Provo, Utah was first. “The next four best performing cities in Milken’s index aren’t the expected economic hubs like… [Continue Reading]